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John Muller

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John Muller @johnspacemuller.com · 4h

John Muller @johnspacemuller.com · 4h

Diego Luna my minifridge prince

John Muller @johnspacemuller.com · 4h

No that’s the side where his eye is good but his soccer is bad. So it balances out

John Muller @johnspacemuller.com · 4h

The most exciting thing that's happened in the USMNT game so far is that the Spanish commentator didn't know who Quincy Jones was

John Muller @johnspacemuller.com · 12h

World's first GAM billionaire

John Muller @johnspacemuller.com · 14h

Going on Bill Simmons' podcast to discuss whether Tom was secretly suspended for gambling

Tom Bogert @tombogert.bsky.social · 17h

OFFICIAL STATEMENT:

I'm back. www.nytimes.com/athletic/671...

Tom Bogert: Why I returned to The Athletic

America's greatest soccer newsbreaker documents why he's back where he belongs — here

www.nytimes.com

John Muller @johnspacemuller.com · 18h

When they call it the world’s game they mean American financial institutions buy English clubs which acquire European clubs to hoard players from Africa and South America so the English club can secure a place in a Gulf State-run Super League that will inevitably play in America

Michael Caley @michaelcaley.bsky.social · 18h

continental leagues becoming minor leagues... here we go as.com/futbol/prime...

El Fenway Sports Group avanza hacia la compra del Getafe

El grupo estadounidense sigue marcando los pasos para hacerse en propiedad del conjunto azulón.

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PySport @pysport.org · 19h

We’re excited to launch the 𝐒𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐂𝐨𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐫 𝐗 𝐏𝐲𝐒𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐀𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐲𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐂𝐮𝐩 - a hackathon-style challenge that will bring together the community to collaborate, compete, and innovate using open-source SkillCorner data.

👉 Sign up pysport.org/analytics-cup

John Muller @johnspacemuller.com · 1d

Wes is playing from a different book than the rest of us

John Muller @johnspacemuller.com · 1d

Pulisic is now playing Weston McKennie and tried to go easy on him by playing a terrible opening with white, which backfired when Wes decided to copy his moves

John Muller @johnspacemuller.com · 1d

All I can say is that I know Mesut Ozil's answer to this

Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 1d

Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat

John Muller @johnspacemuller.com · 1d

Gil is No. 25, a few spots below Landon Donovan

John Muller @johnspacemuller.com · 1d

Defense isn't real, it can't hurt you

John Muller @johnspacemuller.com · 1d

When ASA developed g+ five years ago we talked about the "Messi test": hypothetically, if we had MLS data for the greatest player of all time, would he score well on this all-in-one metric?

Anyway I think it works

John Muller @johnspacemuller.com · 1d

Over the weekend Jedi — who's still comfortably the highest-rated chess player on the USMNT — took the lead with a 7-1 run. Did Pulisic get hustled? More as we get it

John Muller @johnspacemuller.com · 1d

Good column but it doesn't tell me if Orlando started brightly with Adrián Marin forcing a blocked shot in the 4', followed by a corner in the 5' and Luis Muriel's header being saved in the 6'

Matthew Doyle @mattdoyle.bsky.social · 2d

Final Sunday night column of the year!

Short weekend, but we had some history in Miami, a superstar gets his team 3 more points in Orlando, and a big, looming decision in Seattle...
www.mlssoccer.com/news/inter-m...

John Muller @johnspacemuller.com · 2d

If you're an MBA out to revolutionize a sports league, follow the Beer Line Method: go to a game and describe your idea to any five fans in line for concessions, and if they tell you it sucks major ass, buy their beer to say thanks for saving you money on AI match reports or NFT monkeys or whatever

John Muller @johnspacemuller.com · 2d

Literally nobody in charge at MLS has ever met a soccer fan in their entire lives

Jeff Rueter @jeffrueter.bsky.social · 2d

As someone whose time freelancing for MLSsoccer was a vital step in my career progression, and someone who generally gleans insight from the observations of others:

This sucks so hard.

MLS is using generative AI to write match recaps. Writers used to get paid freelance rates to do that. Hssssss.

John Muller @johnspacemuller.com · 3d

Important update from USMNT camp: in nine head-to-head games of bullet chess, the score is Christian Pulisic 6-3 Antonee Robinson

John Muller @johnspacemuller.com · 4d

Nobody else in American soccer media has Jeff’s range: writing and podcasting, local beat and national punditry, clubs and USMNT, reporting and analysis, data and takes, box throw propaganda and a mean Blue Monday karaoke at Ego’s. We’re lucky to have him around the game

Jeff Rueter @jeffrueter.bsky.social · 4d

Some personal news: today is my final day at The Athletic, ending a 6+ year tenure on its staff.

Immensely fortunate to have covered this sport alongside some of the finest writers and editors in the industry. Will keep you posted as I figure out what’s next for my work!

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Paul Harvey @paulharvey.theoutfield.nyc · 5d

I have been working on a new USA Soccer stat hub for a couple of months now in Tableau, as I grew increasingly dissatisfied with what I put together at the start of 2025. It's *finally* ready for public consumption. The images here don't show the half of it:

public.tableau.com/views/MLSAdv...

John Muller @johnspacemuller.com · 5d

What a beautiful tribute to Brian Schmetzer

John Muller @johnspacemuller.com · 5d

Boasting to advertisers that 2% of the show's audience manages the United States Men's National Team

John Muller @johnspacemuller.com · 5d

MLS has Pochettino on a major new show launch livestream that's being watched by dozens of people

John Muller @johnspacemuller.com · 5d

RIP to all the Manchester United managers killed by the gods for their hubris but I’m different. And better. Maybe even better than the gods